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The Forgotten Founding Father by Joshua Kendall

Noah Webster Forgotten Founding Founder
Noah Webster might rightly deserve the appellation of Founding Father for his contributions to American culture and education alone. In his soon-to-be-released book, The Forgotten Founding Father, Joshua Kendall offers insight into the man and his accomplishments and justifies the claim.Read the review »

November 14, 2010   No Comments

We Still Hold These Truths by Matthew Spalding

We Still Hold These Truths
The essential guide to understanding the Constitution and rolling back the progressive assault on our liberties. Read the review »

November 2, 2010   2 Comments

Liberty and Civilization

Liberty and Civilization is 160 pages of intellectual thought on the sources of liberty in western culture. It contains essays by notable thinkers like Jeremy Rabkin, Robert Bork, Paul Johnson and others.Read the review »

October 25, 2010   No Comments

Tempest at Dawn by James Best

James Best's Tempest at Dawn is great interpretation of what it must have been like behind the scenes at the Constitutional Convention. Read the review »

October 20, 2010   1 Comment

The Servile Mind by Kenneth Minogue

The Servile Mind
Kenneth Minogue’s The Servile Mind provides a variation on the theme of Thomas Sowell's classic Conflict of Visions. In The Servile Mind, Minogue engagingly lays out the fundamental differences of philosophy between radicalism and conservatism.Read the review »

October 17, 2010   6 Comments

George Washington A Life by Ron Chernow

Ron Chernow has perhaps topped his previous masterpiece biography of Alexander Hamilton with this new book on George Washington. Read the review »

October 5, 2010   5 Comments

Bureaucracy by Ludwig von Mises

Ludwig von Mises' classic work Bureaucracy deserves another look. It is just as relevant today as when it was written in 1944 - perhaps more so. Its thesis is that there are only two ways society can be organized: On the basis of private ownership, capitalism and freedom; or on the basis of government control, socialism and eventual totalitarianism.Read the review »

September 8, 2010   6 Comments

The Radicalism of the American Revolution by Gordon S. Wood

The Radicalism of the American Revolution overturns the common belief that the American Revolution was a ho-hum affair, led by genteel conservative intellectuals. In this book, Gordon Wood methodically explains its radical and unique nature.Read the review »

September 4, 2010   2 Comments

The Battle: How the Fight Between Free Enterprise and Big Government Will Shape America’s Future by Arthur Brooks

Arthur Brooks new book, The Battle, offers a plan of action for the defense of free enterprise. In it, he identifies "the new culture war" the outcome of which will decide America's future.Read the review »

August 23, 2010   No Comments

Liberty and Tyranny, A Conservative Manifesto by Mark Levin

Mark Levin's Liberty and Tyranny does more than chronicle failures of statist policies. It is a conservative action plan for turning things around - if it's not too late.Read the review »

August 7, 2010   No Comments